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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en grönsak

a vegetable, a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))

Meaning

a vegetable; a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))

Forms

Forms of grönsak
Singular, indefiniteen grönsak
Singular, definitegrönsaken
Plural, indefinitegrönsaker
Plural, definitegrönsakerna

grönsak is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor grönsak, den stora grönsaken. Check another noun

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Is it en grönsak or ett grönsak?

grönsak in a sentence

  • Grönsaker är nyttigt
    Vegetables are healthy [is healthy]
  • grönsakssoppa
    vegetable soup
  • Han ville inte bli en grönsak på hemmet
    He didn't want to end up [become] a vegetable in the nursing home

Questions

What does grönsak mean in English?

grönsak means “a vegetable, a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))”.

Is it en grönsak or ett grönsak?

It is en grönsak, and “the a vegetable” is grönsaken.

What is the plural of grönsak?

The plural of grönsak is grönsaker, and the definite plural is grönsakerna.

Origin

Compound of grön (“fresh, green”) + sak (“[food] item”), as in not dried or in other ways preserved.

Nearby common words

grönsak is number 4,821 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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